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Paulo S. F. Barbosa

. Furthermore, the increasing infrastructure deficit in Brazil inhibits innovations inthe traditional curriculum centered around a technical framework. In Brazilian scenario there have been few definitions of the goals of engineering education on a nationalbasis. However, the top engineering colleges try to graduate a “conceptual engineer,” with a stronger emphasison planning and design activities (Bringhenti[’] ). Besides the curricular issues, there is clear evidence of the needto develop some skills and attitudes in engineering students. Some recent curricular reform processes (Barbosa [g]and Lima ) suggested that graduates should be versatile, able to comunnicate with society, capable of self-discovery and self-expression, able to

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1996 Annual Conference

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Mark Gordon; Joel Greenstein; Jack Hebrank; Douglas E. Hirt; Daniel P. Schrage; Bill Mason; Tom Miller; Jim Nau

can be applied to solving real-world problems. The importance ofthese experiences then stimulates the following questions: Why wait until the senior year to implementengineering design? Why not introduce design earlier in engineering curricula? These questions led to a major research thrust area within SUCCEED, an NSF-sponsored engineeringeducation coalition composed of eight state-supported universities in the Southeastern United States.SUCCEED’s mission is to develop “Curriculum 21,” a comprehensive redesign of undergraduate engineeringeducation for the 21st century. As one of four topical centers within SUCCEED, the Center for EngineeringPractice has a mission to “support engineering research and program activity that focuses on

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1996 Annual Conference

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Joseph A. Untener

development and testing, for example. The cluster is being designed to be broad based, while maintaining a technical manufacturingperspective. The key skills within the cluster have been defined and the topics, sequencing , and method oflearning and experiencing are being developed. Innovative pedagogical strategies are being developed andintegrated throughout the program. Also the interaction with other modules such as Production Operations,Quality Management, and Materials and Manufacturing Processes is being developed. This program will result in better qualified technical employees for manufacturing industries and also apath for students to get involved with Engineering schools early in their academic careers. Both the resultsand

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Z. T. Bieniawski

”). Page 1.249.1 ----- A recent study (Bieniawski, 1995) included a proposal for the integration of engineering design throughoutthe cuzzicdum based on the following five design fundamentals: (i) Product realization processes in business “organizations, (ii) Design of components by systematic design theory and methodology, (iii) Design formanufacture, (iv) Concurrent multifunctional team design, and (v) Case studies of best design practice.However-this proposal was aimed at satisfying the current industrial needs as appropriate for this decade, Willthis be good enough for the next century? In a stimulating paper “A Curriculum for the Citizen of the 21st Century,” Kline (1995) argued that currentcurricula at Stanford and other research

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Vinay Govande; Kristine Laubach; Jr., Dr. Emory W. Zimmers; Jennifer Montemurro; Dr. Roger Nagel; Alice Swanger

reduction in product lead time, and the continuous flow of innovative ideas and latest technologies. In addition, improved scientific analysis is a much more~fficient-way than trial-and-error to examine different-situations and client demands. The developers of the enabliiag -technology and a material research institute were critical in the success of this partnership. This partnership exemplifies the cooperation necessary to enhance competitiveness. Efforts to leverage the impact of people and information include gathering practical knowledge from the forging experts, and training employees in the state-of-the-art computer modeling technique. The information used in the project would be stored in a database and utilized to rapidly respond to